... pressure, acts by Beijing and its agents in Hong Kong and self-censorship are reducing the freedom of speech and publication and people’s willingness to publish sensitive information. The disappearanc ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
The Global Times, a bellicose Beijing mouthpiece, warned in an editorial last week that Hong Kong’s pro-independence nativists may collude with like-minded activists in Taiwan to foment trouble. Such ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... oin. The fact that major European powers were willing to risk angering the US to join the AIIB suggests that they have already come to terms with the fact that China’s growing economic influence is un ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
A group of tour operators is considering going on strike and applying for a judicial review over new restrictions imposed by the Travel Industry Council. The Hong Kong Tourism Practitioners' Union has ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... r illegal activities, and there is a possibility that passengers might be sued for damages for riding on an unlicensed vehicle in case of an accident. Currently, Uber is banned in a number of regions. ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-01
... rket transactions are said to be related to mainland firms. Mainland companies have raised more than US$400 billion through share issuances since 1993. Also, the city is the top destination for Chines ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-01
... But the fact is that there have been no sustained improvements to food production since the mass starvation of the 1990s and early 2000s, despite slightly greater tolerance of private production by f ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
... py and impact investing, is exactly in sync with the most promising trends in modern altruism. The defining strength of traditional philanthropy is its ability to take risks. Philanthropies don’t have ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
... forced to act sooner rather than later. Official statistics show those 65 and older are growing faster than in most Asian countries, making up 12 percent of the total population of 23 million in 2014 ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... (CSRC) to act as a gatekeeper for offerings, with a seven-person listing review committee examining each application. Under a registration system, questions of IPO supply and timing would be left to c ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... nk should act independently and give priority to improving the bankruptcy system for state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The nation's heavy industries and export sector might witness deteriorating employm ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
Ty opened his eyes. It was exactly six o’clock in the morning. His job required him to be good with numbers. He could tell the date without looking at a calendar, he could tell the time without lookin ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... ing legal action on animal cruelty charges. Netizens circulated a video online that showed a van hitting a dog and fleeing from the scene. Then they sought information from the public regarding the i ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... y illegal act committed by police officers will be never be tolerated and will be subject to disciplinary review and criminal investigation, the spokesperson said. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... failed to act with complete credibility and integrity”. The committee also fined Blatter 50,000 francs (US$50,380) and Platini 80,000 francs. The central issue is what Swiss authorities called a “disl ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... State, practicing Christians would lose their heads. At its worst, intolerance is literally murderous. But there are other forms of intolerance, infinitely less horrifying than that of jihadist bigot ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... ts will react. But searching past rate-hike cycles for clues this time is like looking for your lost keys under a streetlight rather than in the dark, where you probably dropped them. It's easy to se ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... programs act as a fail-safe against extinction, providing animals for reintroduction to the wild to bolster dwindling populations. Pandas, remaining in the wild in only a few Chinese mountain ranges, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
... e of the fact that it totally by-passes North Korea, Beijing’s traditional ally. Many international relations analysts believe that once the proposal materializes, it will mark a milestone in the hist ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... emned any act of vote-rigging and demanded an investigation into the matter. The Registration and Electoral Office said it has passed all complaints to law enforcement authorities. -- Contact us at en ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
